Switch-domain mutations in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae G protein α-subunit Gpa1p identify a receptor subtype-biased mating defect

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 662-671

  DeSimone, S M ^a   Kurjan, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

G proteins; Mating; Pheromone response

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SWITCHING; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, SWITCH; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031945024     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050695     Document Type: Article

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